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1. A Good Warning to the a Wired in World
   I like to listen the Christine on the Commentary Podcast, she often makes a lot of sense. This book is no different. It is by no means anti-technology, but a warning to this generation and beyond to understand the dangers that come with this tech. It is well written and relatively succinct. Tho Ms. Rosen does not attack anyone, she presents a case that must be considered. I will buy it for my older children.

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2. So revealing
   Anti-social media is toxic. We’re wasting our precious time on all these gadgets while life is passing us by. An excellent read.

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3. A very well-written warning
   I expect many readers of Rosen’s book will find themselves nodding, as I did, as she elucidates the ideas many have had (perhaps vaguely, like me) about the mediated universe we live in–loving it and hating it, and often wondering what it is doing to us. Rosen makes it all clear.One of the saddest things I’ve seen recently was a young couple, maybe late twenties, walking down the street with a three-year-old between them, each of the adults holding a little hand. In the parents’ other hands were smartphones, which they scanned as they walked. The poor kid hardly realized, I’ll bet, that he was taking a walk by himself. But he will.Brace yourself, as you read Rosen’s story about us, because you will see yourself. Therein lies the greatest value of this important work.

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4. TREMENDOUS!!!
   I heard the author guest host on one of my fav podcasts, Ink Stained Wretches, and her new book was discussed. I bought two copies, I like to give books away.I read the book today and it is tremendous! I read these kinds of books in this mode: I read intro and then conclusion – if the author can’t get me there, I abandon. If I’m in, I pick one more chapter that looks good from the index. If that one gets me, too, I read the whole thing.This book had me at hello and Christine Rosen does an excellent job making her argument. It challenges my worldview and is making me think, which is what great books do.It’s a must read, great for anyone, not least leaders at work trying to get put meaning into their missions at work. Well done, Christine!! Thank you for creating this important book!

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5. This is an Important Book
   This is an important book especially for parents. We gave our preteens iPhones thinking it was important technology that not to look back at what a mistake. Read this and better yet practice it. Bravo.

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6. Important book
   Te book confirms our fear of first hand experience and our desire to use the internet, iPhone etc escape our actual experiences.

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7. An important book
   Very readable, insightful and provocative. Plows important new ground about our increasing dependence on what Rosen describes as “mediated experience,” eclipsing much more direct, natural and spontaneous experience in today’s world. Years after Huxley and Orwell and those before and after as she references, Rosen illuminates how we’ve been marching complicitly and almost imperceptibly on a new road to serfdom–and singing its praises.

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